Shop – Pioneer Nursery

Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

Jo — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:56:46 +0000

Our tallest native tree. Grows best in moist or swampy sites. Slower growing than most other natives. The trunk is often buttressed. The bark of young trees is a smooth gray, then as the tree matures and gets old the bark begins to flake and fall off.

Pseudopanax crassifolius

Jo — Thu, 21 May 2026 03:54:28 +0000

Unique tree with lance-like foliage, which changes as the tree matures, producing a rounded top.

Leptospermum Blossom

Jo — Tue, 12 May 2026 01:50:16 +0000

Native shrub with large, pretty,double soft pink blooms borne in profusion in winter, spring and occasionally summer. Hardy. Tolerates drought and coastal conditions. Prune after flowering to encourage dense growth.

Carpinus betulus

Jo — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 22:52:06 +0000

Popular for hedging and pleaching. Leaves turn, yellow, red or brown and remain on the tree almost through winter.

OG means trees are supplied bare-rooted in winter, to be planted straight away.

Order now, available July

Casuarina cunninghamiana

Jo — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:19:43 +0000

Good shelter tree. Responds well to trimming. Ideal for horticultural/orchard hedging. Great at filtering wind.

Pear Beurre Bosc

Jo — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:13:37 +0000

Superb quality eating brown pear with sweet and juicy large fruit. Taste develops after 3-4 weeks in the refrigerator. Regular and heavy mid season cropper. Tree is vigorous and upright that spreads. Has high chilling requirements to set fruit.

Salix matsudana Pendula

Jo — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:50:12 +0000

A gracefully pendulous, fast-growing weeping tree with fine cascading branches covered in slender green leaves. It is highly adaptable, tolerating wet, heavy clay, or waterlogged conditions. This fast-growing, deciduous tree requires regular water during establishment, and winter pruning to maintain shape and remove damaged branches.

Olearia angulata

Jo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:51:42 +0000

Bushy tree with wavy, leathery, oblong leaves. Coastal and exposed sites. White flowers.
A variety of Olearia albida.

available from April/May

Hebe First Light

Jo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:42:49 +0000

A hybrid developed for the new millennium by Jack Hobbs. Very desirable with healthy bronze flushed foliage particularly colourful in winter. Racemes of pink flowers in summer. A hardy, spreading evergreen shrub that prefers full sun and is ideal as a border plant, for growing in containers and tolerates coastal situations.

Available from late Autumn

Hebe diosmifolia

Jo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 02:29:07 +0000

Deep green leaves smothered with small flower heads of tiny white to pale lavender flowers in spring. Great for sunny spots. Prune after flowering to maintain shape and encourage bushy habit.

Available mid-late Autumn